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Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

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Authors:
  1. Martha E. Kropf

    1. Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA

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  • An important contribution to field of election reform, drawing on the author’s multi-year original research
  • Aimed at students of elections, voting and voting behavior, public policy, and American politics
  • Puts discussion of the franchise in historical context from the Constitutional Convention through today, giving students a thorough grasp of the topic
  • Tackles the subject of modern institutions and their effects on voting in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012

Part of the book series: Elections, Voting, Technology (EVT)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-13

  3. Institutions and the Norms That Help Maintain Stability

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    Pages 15-27

  4. The Multiple Laboratories of Democracy

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    Pages 29-44

  5. The Federal Part of the Institution

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    Pages 45-63

  6. Acquiring Voting Rights

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    Pages 65-83

  7. Exercising the Right to Vote

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    Pages 85-96

  8. Finding the Time and Place to Vote

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    Pages 97-110

  9. Counting the Votes

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    Pages 111-130

  10. Choosing Voters: Redistricting and Re-Apportionment

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    Pages 131-142

  11. Implications of Institutionalism for Democracy

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    Pages 143-149

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 151-197
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About this book

This book explores how the United States institutions of democracy have affected a citizen’s ability to participate in politics.  The 2000 election and the ensuing decade of research demonstrated that that the institutions of elections vitally affect participation.  This book examines turnout and vote choice, as well as elections as an institution, administration of elections and the intermediaries that affect a citizen’s ability to cast a vote as intended. Kropf traces the institutions of franchise from the Constitutional Convention through the 2012 election and the general themes of how institutions have changed increasing, democratization and production federal growth over time in the United States. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA

    Martha E. Kropf

About the author

Martha E. Kropf is Professor of Political Science and Interim Director of the Public Policy Program at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. She has authored numerous scholarly articles concerning elections, election reform, and voting. She is the coauthor, along with David C. Kimball, of Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform (2012).

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